Glyph scripts have a variety of uses. They can function as time saving utilities for changing grid spacing, number of grid points, colors of grids, and other menial tasks. Intermediate level scripts can be used for more complex jobs like creating simple volume grids and performing a suite of quality checks on a completed grid automatically. At the highest level are Glyph scripts that build complete mesh systems parametrically. Parametric scripts have been developed for turbine blades, torque converters, centrifugal compressors and pumps, high-lift flap systems for aircraft wings, submarines, and several other applications. Many more are under development.

That's what happened recently when the Distribution Agreement between Optimal Solutions Software, LLC and Mindware Engineering, Inc., was formally signed, giving Mindware the rights to distribute the software in the Midwest United States, as well as Germany. Mindware's focus will be on the Automotive and OEM markets--with options for other markets in the future.

VisualFoil Plus is a stand-alone package for airfoil (2D) design and analysis in incompressible and compressible flows. The software can be used to analyze airfoils at subsonic, transonic and supersonic speeds and is suitable for analyzing blade cross sections for machinery that typically operate at high speeds such as helicopter blades, propellers, turbines and high speed fans.

"AUTODYN leads the field in FSI capabilities for fast, transient dynamics of solids, fluids, gases and their interactions," said Mike Wheeler, vice president and general manager of the Mechanical Business Unit at ANSYS. "With this new release, ANSYS continues its strong commitment to meeting the multiphysics needs of an increasingly diverse customer base of sophisticated international industries and institutions."

ESI’s Jim Lindauer will demonstrate how CFD-ACE+ provides the ideal environment for Microfluidics conceptualization, optimization, and analysis.

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